FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — The University of Arkansas’ chancellor is asking the Fayetteville Advertising and Promotion Commission for $1 million to help build an on-campus concert hall.

Commissioners are scheduled to discuss the request from Chancellor David Gearhart on Monday.

The Northwest Arkansas Times reported the contribution would come from the commission’s reserve fund of about $2.3 million — if the panel approves it.

The $17 million project would build a 700-seat concert hall in what’s now the university’s Old Field House.

The university’s music and drama departments now use the 238-seat Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall and the 250-seat University Theatre. Gearhart said a larger facility would help the campus with recruitment.

The commission’s main source of revenue is half of a 2 percent tax on hotels and restaurants in Fayetteville.